Expelled Liberal MP testifies in high-stakes defamation case against Victorian opposition leader John Pesutto
Victorian MP Moira Deeming with barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC outside the federal court in Melbourne. Deeming is suing the state Liberal leader, John Pesutto, for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser.Victorian MP Moira Deeming with barrister Sue Chrysanthou SC outside the federal court in Melbourne. Deeming is suing the state Liberal leader, John Pesutto, for allegedly falsely portraying her as a Nazi sympathiser.
The court also heard that Deeming paid for sound equipment and security guards for the rally and was in contact with the co-organiser of the event, UK gender-critical activist Kellie-Jay Keen, for two months before the event. Deeming said she had only became aware that group of men, dressed in black, were Nazis when police escorted them from the steps of parliament.In the recording, Deeming told the Liberal leadership team she was willing to condemn “everything”, including Nazism, and was “eager” to do so.
“We could find Daniel Andrews robbing a 7-Eleven but if you bring Katherine Deves down, everyone’s going to go ‘don’t care about that’,” he said. At the end of the recording, Pesutto told Deeming he would move a motion to expel her from the parliamentary party and that she has the option to resign.Deeming was among the speakers at the rally, which she also helped to organise, on the steps of Victoria’s parliament on 18 March 2023.
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